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'No expert' predicted Gulf attacks, claims Trump US President Donald Trump says the wave of attacks on Gulf countries has surprised Washington and security analysts. Speaking at the White House earlier, Trump said officials did not expect regional states to come under direct attack as the conflict with Iran escalates. “Nobody expected that. We were shocked. The greatest experts, nobody thought they were going to hit.” He said several Gulf countries had already come under fire as the war spreads beyond its initial front lines. “Kuwait is getting hit, Bahrain is getting, all these countries are getting hit. There was no expert that would say that was going to happen.” Trump added that the United States would continue its military response despite the widening regional fallout. “It’s not a question of like … should you have known, and if we did know, big deal. I mean, we have to do what we have to do,” added in reference to Gulf countries being attacked.

China’s censors allow AI-generated posts depicting Trump as evil to spread amid war with Iran  CNN

Starmer distances UK from Iran war as EU leaders rule out sending warships  The Guardian

Video: Opinion | The Shortsightedness of Trump’s War in Iran  The New York Times

How Some Ships Are Sneaking Through the Strait of Hormuz  WSJ

US President Donald Trump criticises allies' reluctance to commit forces to open the key waterway for Gulf oil exports.

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Pair attempt to strike united front amid reports vice-president skeptical over US-Israeli attack on Iran Donald Trump revealed that he had asked China to delay his forthcoming visit to Beijing while the war with Iran was continuing, as he attempted to strike a united front on Monday with his vice-president JD Vance, who is believed to have been skeptical over attacking Tehran’s regime. Appearing together with Vance for the first time in two weeks, Trump said he did not think the conflict – which started on 28 February after the US and Israel opened hostilities – would be over this week but predicted victory would be achieved soon. Continue reading...

Trump seeks to delay China summit due to Iran war  BBC

Opinion | Trump is failing at the business of war  MS NOW

UAE closes airspace as missile and drone head towards country The United Arab Emirates has temporarily closed its airspace as an “exceptional precautionary measure” amid the Israeli-US war on Iran, state media reported. Earlier, the UAE Ministry of Defence said its forces were responding to incoming missile and drone threats launched from Iran.

Shlomi Binder reportedly tells political leaders that Iranian forces are hiding from warplanes and unable to fire missiles in large numbers The post IDF intel chief said to assess Iran ‘in distress’ as it begins to grasp damage from strikes appeared first on The Times of Israel.

The 33-year-old Columbia University protester had been held in immigration detention centre for a year.

Opinion | How to solve the Hormuz crisis  The Washington Post

Israeli army says missiles fired from Iran heading towards Israel The Israeli military says it has detected missiles launched from Iran heading towards Israeli territory and has urged residents in affected areas to seek shelter immediately.

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Why Trump's Kharg Island attacks could make the oil crisis worse  Axios

Vance, who served in the U.S. Marine Corps before his political career, was vocal critic of overseas intervention during his time as Ohio Senator

A Fractured Christian Response To US-Israel War On Iran – OpEd  Eurasia Review

The Evolution of the Iran War  Geopolitical Futures